Especially since the Commie rats told the tribunal to go eff themselves. The PLA has also been holding air and sea maneuvers in the area. Despite their rhetoric, I think the Chinese are getting ready for one of their millennial expansionist phases. Yeah, it's going to get ugly.

Annexation of Crimea part II. And the precedent is in their favor. This time around probably not shots fired.

Not QUITE the same since Crimea was taken from one state which CLEARLY had title to it. The rocks and islets in the SCS do not (despite Beijing's assertions) clearly belong to anybody.

It was an interesting ruling. Stronger against China than expected and at the least an embarrassment for Beijing (and a win for Manila and others who contest China's utterly absurd claims). What the practical implications are is a different question.